A big complaint amongst users of “Continual Positive Air Pressure”, or CPAP, units is the noise they produce. Naturally, this is has to be weighed up against the huge advantage they provide in terms of both sleep quality and enhanced breathing. Having said that though, it can often take time for a user to readjust to the sounds that accompany a cpap machines, and the unfamiliar feeling of wearing a face mask to sleep.
For this reason, a large number of sleep apnea patients have welcomed the arrival of the Fisher Paykel hc234 CPAP machine on account of how quietly it operates.
In case you didn’t know, a cpap machine produces a channel of pressurized air through an airtube to a mask that the patient wears over their nose and mouth. This is to counteract any potential collapse of the breathing airway that can result from windpipe and nasal muscles relaxing too much during sleep.
So units such as the hc234 overcome this by keeping breathing channels open with a supply higher air pressure. Unfortunately, the mechanics of this process normally result in some noisy interference from two specific areas:
Firstly, there’s the sound that comes from the working parts of the CPAP unit itself as it generates the air pressure. Then the accumulation of condensation within the mask and air tubing will often produce a gurgle that keeps many CPAP users and nearby sleepers awake.
In response to all this, the Fisher Paykel CPAP uses Ambient Tracking PLUS technology to minimize these sounds. The unit very cleverly adjusts to humidity levels in real-time, thereby reducing condensation in the airtubes and keeping rainout sounds to a minimum.
The rest of the sleepstyle 234 cpap machine’s advanced functions operate very quietly in the background too, enabling the user to sleep more comfortably without unnecessary distraction. Welcome news to anyone with obstructive sleep apnea or similar breathing related issues.
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This post was written by admin on August 21, 2010
